⁴⁷While Jesus was still speaking, a crowd came up. The man named Judas was leading them. He was one of the Twelve. Judas approached Jesus to kiss him.

⁴⁸But Jesus asked him, “Judas, are you handing over the Son of Man with a kiss?”

⁴⁹Jesus’ followers saw what was going to happen. So they said, “Lord, should we use our swords against them?” ⁵⁰One of them struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his right ear.

⁵¹But Jesus answered, “Stop this!” And he touched the man’s ear and healed him.

⁵²Then Jesus spoke to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders. They had all come for him. “Am I leading a band of armed men against you?” he asked. “Do you have to come with swords and clubs? ⁵³Every day I was with you in the temple courtyard. And you didn’t lay a hand on me. But this is your hour. This is when darkness rules.”

Peter Says He Does Not Know Jesus

⁵⁴Then the men arrested Jesus and led him away. They took him into the high priest’s house. Peter followed from far away. ⁵⁵They started a fire in the middle of the courtyard. Then they sat down together. Peter sat down with them.

⁵⁶A female servant saw him sitting there in the firelight. She looked closely at him. Then she said, “This man was with Jesus.”

⁵⁷But Peter said he had not been with him. “Woman, I don’t know him,” he said.

⁵⁸A little later someone else saw Peter. “You also are one of them,” he said.

“No,” Peter replied. “I’m not!”

⁵⁹About an hour later, another person spoke up. “This fellow must have been with Jesus,” he said. “He is from Galilee.”

⁶⁰Peter replied, “Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!”

Just as he was speaking, the rooster crowed. ⁶¹The Lord turned and looked right at Peter. Then Peter remembered what the Lord had spoken to him. “The rooster will crow today,” Jesus had said. “Before it does, you will say three times that you don’t know me.” ⁶²Peter went outside. He broke down and sobbed.

The Guards Make Fun of Jesus

⁶³There were men guarding Jesus. They began laughing at him and beating him. ⁶⁴They blindfolded him. They said, “Prophesy! Who hit you?” ⁶⁵They also said many other things to make fun of him.

Jesus Is Brought to Pilate and Herod

⁶⁶At dawn the elders of the people met together. These included the chief priests and the teachers of the law. Jesus was led to them. ⁶⁷“If you are the Christ,” they said, “tell us.”

Jesus answered, “If I tell you, you will not believe me. ⁶⁸And if I asked you, you would not answer. ⁶⁹But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God.”

⁷⁰They all asked, “Are you the Son of God then?”

He replied, “You are right in saying that I am.”

⁷¹Then they said, “Why do we need any more witnesses? We have heard it from his own lips.”

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